at that fluffy unicorn! he's so fluffy i'm gonna die! your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. hello, everyone. it's just 9:00 p.m. here in los angeles. i'm john vause with breaking news. two natural disasters unfolding this hour. in mexico the death toll continues to rise after at a earthquake. first to the quake. at least 149 people are dead. dozens of buildings have claptsed and rescue workers are digging through rubble looking for signs of life. it's a catastrophic 7.1

magnitude quake strus just after 1:00 p.m. local time. here's what it looked like in mexico city about 120 kilometers away from the epicenter. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> after shocks continue to be a major concern right now. more than 4.5 million homes and businesses are without power. and take a look at this video from mexico city. >> mexico's president has ordered damaged hospitals to evacuate patients. he says at least 22 bodies were found at at an elementary school in the capital. another 30 children remain missing. schools in the mexico city area are closed, but the airport has

reopened. >> translator: we're facing another national emergency in mexico with a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which had an epicenter at the border of the states of wefbose. >> just describe the seen around you. how much damage is there? how expensive is the destruction which is being caused by this quake? >> reporter: so it's been absolutely devastating for the city. right behind me you can see a building of six floors, which collapsed. it was a building of various businesses. there was a language academy there. there was an accountant's office. there was an internet company. and this happened, you know, right in the afternoon. so many people were there. i was talking to one woman whose sister was in the building. and she says her office,

anectitants office, there's 50 workers there. so all over the city there's hundreds of buildings that have collapsed. fragically that death toll looks like it will be considerably higher than what we know so far. >> what have you seen of the government's response here, the emergency response to this disaster? because we're also seeing a lot of people just civilians, ordinary every day people using their bare hands to dig through the rubble to find anybody who may be trapped underneath all that debris? >> reporter: yeah, the -- in mexico there was a devastating earthquake back in 1985 backen the same day. so that earthquake is really in people's collective memory and collective pain. you can ask them what they were doing on that day, and they remember that. and there's been earthquake drills since then. and many people really with this idea of what to do if an

earthquake happens. it's like a nightmare has come true. it's really a painful feeling but also a very powerful response. people going out there in the thousands to these places helping with buckets, bringing water and wheelbarrows, taking the rubble away. and you can imagine with the buildings like the ones behind me, how much rubble you have to clear to reach the people. it's just tons and tons of rubble. now, the government is also sending people and helping organize these brig aids. but it's just overwhelming, the scale of it that these people are helping. >> what are the biggest concerns that authorities have right now as they look to the next couple of days trying to get some kind of norm alsy back into place, trying to care for the survivors and also trying to clear this debris? what are their priorities and what are they worried about the most? >> so the first concern is

the -- there's a lot of seismic activity. also it's just basic facilities. the city has collapsed. there's not much electricity in much of the city. traffic has collapsed. so basic getting water, getting food is a concern for people and authorities. the authorities also dealing with things like hospitals being damaged, schools have collapsed with children, prison facilities damaged. so there's just an overwhelming number of things they have to watch for the next 24 hours. there's also the concern about law and order breaking down and people looting. but so far there's been more of a feeling of solidarity and people helping and not really a major problem of disorder that happens after some disasters like this. >> is there concern among many people in the city they just don't want to go back into their buildings because they may not be safe at this point, they could be damaged. and quite often what will happen

is many people will just sleep outside to avoid the risk of going back into a building that may have been damaged. >> reporter: yeah, there's that happening. and, you know, i'm talking to people who say i can't go home. i can't get into my home. they want to check the building. it's cracked. there's a lot of gas leaks around the place that can cause explosions. so many people who say they want to sleep with relatives or in some cases sleep outside or leave the city and sleep-in other places. >> we shall leave it there. but thank you very much for giving us the latest from mexico city. of course, this is disaster on a scale that has been not been seen for a while. thanks so much for being with us, john. >> reporter: thank you. cnn meteorologist is with us now for more on the magnitude of the quake and the epicenter and deaths. and more concerning of all the

ongoing after shocks. >> and what i heard about today, i thought to myself mexico's city's had a histy rof being vulnerable to quakes. that extends some 700 years to the aztecs. mexico city where it's currently located on a dry lake bed. this lake bed right here across this region, there was an island about 700 years ago where the aztecs have populated this region. this lake was a shallow lake. that has all since drained and of course we're left with this island here of one of the most densely populated cities of our planet. and you can feel shaking that can liquefy these sediments. part of the reason you're seeing these structures come down so readily. and these after shocks essentially poses an additional

threat and hazard. 7.1 quake coming in at about 30 miles deep. it's extremely shallow when you look at quakes in general. there about 2 million quakes on our planet every single year that are detectable. one of them 8.1 in average. we had one in mexico days ago. this shows you the significance of this. we know some 15 million people felt the strong shaking with this. very strong shaking felt by 1.6 million people near mexico city, of course. and usgs has fascinating fustatistics here to give us the best estimates how much life could be impacted and also economic loss. we know estimations at the highest could be 100 to,000 lives lost.

and we're told the likelihood between $100 billion. after shocks expected for weeks if not months across this region. and now to our breaking story, hurricane maria lashing the virgin islands right now. and st. croix being hit hard with powerful winds and heavy rain. intensified with top sustained winds of 175 miles an hour, about 280 kilometers perhour. at least one person has been killed in guadeloupe. and the storm has destroyed parts of dominica. our reporters are across the region covering hurricane maria. we go live now to san juan, puerto rico, and cnn meteorologist deric van dam. the intensity these storms, they tend to fluctuate. what's the timing? what's the window here? >> reporter: well, we're already

starting to feel tropical storm force winds, john. but we do expect hurricane force winds to kind of fill in across the san juan area within the next three hours. and the worst of the storm locally here 8:00 a.m. on wednesday morning. so we are preparing ourselves for the worst, and looks as if the worst is coming no doubt. >> and one of the big concerns, of course, is the debris left behind by hurricane irma. and that can be dangerous when those winds from maria hit the island. >> reporter: john, we went and talked around to some of the locals here, and they were so thankful that irma spared her director wrath on this island. they were very fortunate because even throw there are still 45,000 people without electricity from irma, there wasn't a significant about of damage. that's because the eye wall just went north of the island. we talk about that so much. the eye wall is where we fiend our strongest winds.

with this storm, however, we do expect a direct impact. all the latest models show a potentially strong category 4 making landfall with that strong eye wall over the southeast sections of puerto rico. we're just hoping there is what is called an eye wall replacement cycle that happens. think of it as the storm taking a breath in essence, tries to rejuvenate. but hopefully it is inhaling instead of exhaling when it finy makes landfall and will have weaker storm when it does. >> warning of likely flooding and storm surge. how much water are they talking about, dan? >> reporter: 2 feet of rain. that's what they're predicting here. remember there's a lot of mountainous terrain across puerto rico. so it's going to basically squeeze out all the available moisture from the storm, dump it into valleys and terrain below.

add on top of that the 6 to 9 feet of storm surge from the national hurricane weather center, that's a recipe for disaster, john. you remember storm surge and water related deaths, that's where we find the highest number of fatalities during a tropical system such as this. >> thank you for that. relief workers have been hit with the 1-2 punch of irma and maria as well. the mobile response team arrived in the virgin islands in the aftermath of irma now to be caught in a second storm. it was irma and jose and now of course maria posing is real threat. what precautions have you taken? what are conditions like there right now? >> so right now we're experiencing a very high level of rainfall. the winds that we're

experiencing right now -- we're out in our vehicle staged at three locations. i's pushing our jeep wranglers around on the roads even while we're stationary here. we're starting to get a little bit of storm surge on the eastern side of the island. and several of the roofs that were already damaged and blown off have pushed into the roadways here on st. john. >> irma -- power lines were snapped. how does this island cope with another blow as powerful or more powerful? >> i think it's going to be incredibly limited here. the one clinic that is on the island has a compromised roof. we were able to pull a majority of the tiles out of it to avoid mold. however, we think there's going to be additional water back up here. unfortunately, a significant population of the island has

already been evacuated. but there are several people who remain behind. and we have significant concerns about tonight. >> 4,000 people on st. john. i think 2,000 left in the last week or so. so there's a considerable number of people on that island. and many of them are taking shelter in what's left of their homes? >> exactly. for the people that are still here, a majority of them are living in compromised homes. very few of them have been able to -- sorry, we're getting pushed around in our vehicle. with the rain they're experiencing here, they're going toto get several inches of water inside these homes they're trying to shelter in tonight. >> wow, a difficult night ahead for so many there. thank you for being with us. we appreciate the update. many hurricane victims need

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with hurricane maria barrelling towards puerto rico, one official has issue advery blupt warning. evacuate or die. the category 5 storm has top sustained winds around 175 miles or 280 kilometers per hour. puerto rico is expecting a direct hit in the hours to come. correspondents are in puerto rico covering this potentially catastrophic storm. nick valencia is in san juan. nick, first to you. the worst of maria still a few hours away. but there's a lot of concern about anyone in wooden or flimsy housing. authorities have been blunt. they need to get to a shelter. they need to get there now. what's the latest now on that vacation and also what are

conditions like where you are? >> reporter: we know people are listening to the evacuation warnings. there's very dire warnings from officials here. it was an early morning press conference where they said do not expect miracles. this is not going to change expectation it's going to make landfall as a category 4 or perhaps category 5 hurricane. you get the sense this is different from hurricane irma. the wind feels different, the atmosphere and climate feels different. usually when croyou say hurricane, you get kind of a shoulder shrug. they're used to tropical winds and conditions. this time, though, they're getting a direct hit. government officials have tried to do the best they can stressing this to the residents. it was earlier the governor did a tour telling residents let us please help you. this is not what you went through with irma. even still the devastation from

irma remains. there are people still without power here, communities cleaning up debris. in some cases some that don't have clean running water. the winds are starting to pick up. we're seeing the rain start to drop on us, and we are still hours away from the worst of it. john. >> nick, stay with us. we head south to raphael. with maria bearing down, what are the concerns there about how much damage this storm could do? >> reporter: well, you know, for sure that the situation is deteriorating. once you start seeing rain sideways, and that's what happened in the last hour or so, the conditions have really changed now. the wind is really a factor. and we are in the north eastern edge of the island of puerto rico. it's the town of -- and just to give you an idea of how bad the

situation is here, we have learned in the last couple of hours or so that the local emergency management office, their employees have to evacuate because they didn't have power to begin with. and then their generator stopped working, so they had to go to the mayor's office, to the municipal building to find shelter. and just on the way here, john, we were able to see many downed trees and power lines, many damaged homes. and that's a result of a couple of weeks ago when hurricane irma hit this region. now, we're getting another hurricane. you have to go back all the way to 1928 to be able to compare another hurricane, category 4 or 5, that hit this area. so we're talking about 89 years that this island has not experienced something like we're

about to experience in this part of the world, john. >> raphael, thank you. and quickly back to nick valencia back in san juan. hitting with a force and violence we have not seen for generations. the infrastructure will be damaged, and of course, the power grid is very vulnerable right now. what are they looking at here in terms of how long the power could be out for, how long it could take to repair? >> reporter: well, the governor took to his official twitter account a couple of hours ago to say the island territory should expect to be without power for a long time. some of these buildings are only meant to withstand a category 3 type hurricane. this is expected to be as high as a category 5 hurricane. just to give you a sense of where we're at, we're at one of the hotels in swan juan. and the wind might not look as fierce right now, but that has a lot to do with this parking

structure. behind this is the beach. and that sand from the beach is starting to whip towards us. the wind on the other side is whipping with an intensity not felt here yet. these streets are eerily quiet as well. usually at this time midnight, local time you'd see a lot of vibrns, people in the street partying. earlier when we were reporting making those last minute preparation because they know just how bad this storm is going to be. >> yeah, a lot of empty shelves on those stores. they've been cleaned out over the last day or so. people preparing for the worst. nick nulensia in san juan and also raphael. we'll take a short break and go back to mexico where volunteers are searching for their neighbors through the rubble. also a fiery threat to kim jung-un from the u.s. president. donald trump's address to the

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welcome back, everybody. i'm john vause live in los angeles. it's just coming out to 9:29 here. our breaking news, mexico's president has declared a national emergency after a powerful earthquake. the rising death toll now stands at 149. dozens of buildings just like that one were destroyed by the magnitude 7.1 quake which hit near mexico city. residents are joining the search for survivors digging through piles of rubble with their bare hands, forming human chains to remove debris piece by piece. victims have been pulled from under buildings. and while the quake brought destruction, it also brought about solidarity among natives. more than 4 million homes, businesses and organizations have lost electricity.

the rescue efforts, though, continue on throughout the night. joining us now is general patric timmons. what's the latest there in mexico city in terms of search and rescue efforts and treating the wounded? >> so the search and rescue efforts are ongoing. there are about 50 buildings which have come down in mexico city, running sort of a line across the city from north to south. there are reports of children being pulled out of a collapsed college in central mexico city. there are reports of hospitals having to move all of their patients because of structural damage, and patients are being moved around the city. the city right now is some i guess eight hours after the earthquake is rather calm in some parts. the traffic is sort of completely quieted down after the huge accident of people in

workplaces this afternoon trying to get home. so that meant the city was stacherated, making it difficult for civil protection people and ambulances to get through. and reports of buildings and people being trapped in rubble still communicating actually with friends through whatsapp messages which seems to be the only thing of communication that actually works. we actually lost some phone service today. cities shaken and trying to pull people out from the rubble. interesting thing that the red cross is not actually asking for more volunteers, and a lot of places seem to actually be covered with substantial groups of people digging through the rubble. >> it's been remarkable the number of just ordinary civilenians who have come out to help dig through all the rubble

there. can you describe what it was like when the quake happened and the reaction from those around you? was there panic? how did it play out? >> well, i've been in about five quakes now from japan to california and mexico. you kind of feel it's taking a deep breath and it moves back into position. this was not like that at all. it started with, i guess, a gentle rumbling and then it became a violent shaking. first from side to side and then up to down. it was kind of like -- i was on the fifth floor of a six story building, and it was kind of like the reverse of a bumpy -- like the rides children play on. when you're able to balance up and down but it's actually bouncing you. most people got out of the building, and the quake lasted

70 seconds, which was really pretty astonishing. it took me all of that time, actually, to get down from the five-story building. and then you come out on the road and everybody's in the road. and really it was a fright looking at the utility poles that kind of symbolize the most remarkable thing, the utility poles swaying back and forwards. and people remain outside for much of the afternoon. >> a lot of focus right now on mexico city. but the epicenter was about 75 miles to the southeast. do we know what the situation is there? >> yeah, i've been spending a lot of time from -- a facebook feed was updating with different news and also whatsapp and radio. correspondents are calling in and the highway between mexico

city, an important highway past one bridge was down. it's really 50 minutes away from mexico city by car. i was hearing also there's lots of reports in moranos of roads being damaged. and it's also affecting vera cruise. and reports of tremors being felt as far as away from -- which from my reckoning it's not a place that's had much seismic activity. so particularly worrying i think what's going on and figuring out buildings and what the rescue efforts are like there. >> and very quickly, patrick, do you get a sense that the

government has a handle of response to this or is it just sort of overwhelmed at this point? >> as i said the mexican red cross is no longer asking for volunteers to help. it seems as though, you know, mexican civil society is pretty well organized. and this happened 12 days ago with the southern quake. a lot of people contributing food and making sure there are supplies. there are places for people to go. it's also true mexico city. and i'm also watching my facebook feed of people offering rooms for people to stay the night if they don't want to go home or they've got problems in their building. i should mention in my building which has 15 families in it, i

think there are only three apartments occupied tonight. it seems to me the government has been fairly well-prepared. we just have to see what happens with unfortunately rising death toll. >> and it does continue to rise. patrick, thank you for being with us and giving us an update there from mexico city. of course, this is only the beginning of what will be a huge rescue and recovery effort for authorities there. patrick, a journalist there. thank you, sir. >> reporter: thank you, john. we'll continue to monitor the situation. and when we come back, donald trump uses his first address to the united nations general assembly to taunt and threaten the rocket man of north korea. when this bell rings... ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business,

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sovereignty 21 times insisting strong nations rather than international institutions are the key to a peaceful future. but the speech will be most remembered for president trump's threat to north korea. >> the united states has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> after the speech, the president tweeted, "a great and important day at the united nations. met with many leaders of nations who agree with much or all of what i stated in my speech." joining us now with more of this. ian, first to you. clearly the president was trying to ridical or belittle kim

jung-un. the koreans don't take particularly well to that. given this was a whole new level from the president in front of the u.n., how is pyongyang expected to react? >> well, we're expecting them to up their rhetoric as well with their own fiery brand we've seen time and time again. and we wouldn't be surprised if we see some sort of am missile test or some sort of action from the north as a response, something they've done in the past to show that they are serious about this. you know, the interesting thing, too, was the reaction from the south koreans to that. the south korean president's spokesman came out. they praised it as being unprecedentedly wrong, showing the united states was serious about north korea. they also said that denuclearizization was the only path and strong sanctions and pressure is the way to get

there. also said there's close collaboration between the two countries. one thing that was missing, though, from their statement is any mention of war or military option. and the only time we've heard about a military option really is in passing. yesterday we heard from the defense minister who said they want diplomacy and dialogue, and that military option is just a supporting element, john. >> yeah, i thought that statement from the behalf of the south korean president, i thought they chose their words very carefully with that statement peter to you, donald trump is not the first person who's used the term rocket man. back in 2016 the economist magazine used it to refer to kim jung-un's father, kim jung-il. but it's one thing for a magazine to use the term rocket man. it's another thing when the president of the united states is using it addressing a world body at the united nations.

it's a whole different meaning, right? >> it can be very provocative and demeaning in front of a world body, addressing the whole world. calling a leader after a rock and roll song by elten john, that's demeaning. >> and this is a leader that seems insecure and young. >> he's 32 years old or something like that. >> we don't exactly know. >> approximately early 30s, but here's donald trump never been in politics before and he's acting very inexperienced. and in front of the united nations it was uncalled-for in my view. >> and he also slammed the iran nuclear deal. he hinted he would rip it up. he told cnn, the french president, that's not a good idea especially when it comes to north korea. want to play an extended interview christian amanpour

did. >> i think it's a big mistake. i don't think this nuclear iran deal is everything how to deal with iran. if president trump considers it's not sufficient, i do agree with that. we have this deal. i think that the outcome of this deal is that now we have the money to process with the international and i think it's better than nothing. why? because if we stop the agreement, so we will enter into a situation very similar to the north korean situation before what happened this summer. so i think it would be a big mistake. now this deal has to be completed. and i will try to convince

president trump that the best way to address his concerns regarding iran is to work in a different direction. first, we have to work in order to have monitoring process on ballistic missiles and ballistic activity of iran. that's a concern. that's a concern for the whole region. we have to work on it, and we need a new agreement. and we can work on sanctions and agreements on the ballistic side. and second, we have to complete the 2015 nuclear agreement with iran for the first 2025. it still covers until 2025, the situation. >> why would the koreans agree to a diplomatic solution with the united states if that diplomatic solution gets torn up like it could do with the iranians? some have also speculated that this speech at the u.n. by the president will force the koreans

to step up the development of their nuclear and missile program. is that a view shared in the region? >> here's the thing, north korea has said that their nuclear and missile program is designed to protect the regime and protect them against the united states, who they see as a threat. and they look at countries like iraq under saddam hussein and libya under gaddafi. those countries and leaders gave up their weapons of mass destruction. iran came to the negotiating table. they negotiated with the united states, the other members of the u.n. security council and germany to come up with this deal. and if the united states backs out of this deal without a strong concrete reason and other countries sticks with this deal, then it brings into question the word of the united states and their credibility. and so the koreans will just

point to that as well for reasons they don't want to go to the negotiating table with the americans because they'll say they just can't be trusted. so the koreans yesterday were watching that part of the speech very closely to see if the americans will stick to a deal they've already signed to. >> one thing the democrat senator robert feinstein, here's part of her statement. today the president used it as a stage to threaten war. it seems like the world was waiting for the u.s. president donald trump to turn up on that stage, maybe a message like nato and instead they got candidate donald trump from last year's campaign. >> this was an opportunity for trump to be a states person to

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promised to help the territory recover. >> let's check in with pedram javaheri for latest on maria's track. >> i think people in puerto rico and the virgin islands will be going through a storm that no one has felt in 90 years since the last time a storm close of this magnitude pushed through the region. this is what it looked like, the storm just 10 miles south of st. croix. you see that perspective right there. the radar indication, you can see where the center or the highest winds are near the center of the storm, 175-mile-an-hour winds are sustained. we think that may stay offshore of st. croix. the winds basically go from 175 to 140, 145 across st. croix. but for puerto rico there is little weakening. so when you are at a category 4.

that is a 250 times more damage than a category 1. this storm could impact with portions of winds with the 4 as the wind speeds. the eye skirpts it and then passes north of puerto rico. that is concerning issue with the storm system that could leave essentially more than half the island without power, potentially up to about, say, 2/3 of the island without power. this could be a significant story to follow. >> without power for quite a while. we will wait and see along with the people in puerto rico. their for watching "cnn newsroom" from los angeles. a lot more of our breaking news coverage of hurricane maria and

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this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john vause in los angeles. we're tracking two natural disasters this hour. an earthquake topples buildings in central mexico and the caribbean being hit hard by hurricane maria. first the earthquake. at least 149 people are dead and that number is expected to rise as work crews dig through the rubble in